Motivational Issues...

[seoulsuho]

So. I bet we've all hit this point in life where we just think school is an absolutely pointless place where we learn nothing because all the teachers care about are themselves. I think I've even cried over the fact that I feel trapped in this endless world of things that I don't care about, 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. It's a horribly depressing thing and I think it's finally got to the point where I'm losing motivation to work. Another factor to this may be that I'm always pressured to do more than I can. Has anyone, like, survived this... Educational-style existential crisis?

[Jaffe]

You just described how I have felt about school every school day for 3 years. Which doesn't help you at all, because no I have not survived it. Yet.

[Microcosm]

This is totally me. This sort of thing is a real problem and mentally harms some people. However, most people don't ever spread the idea that it's bad. It doesn't get enough exposure in social movements and such(but it really should).

[DoodleSnap]

Yeah, school can really suck if you're left without support in a system that doesn't work for you.
I was lucky enough to go to a secondary school that has been accommodative in regards to some of my learning needs, but a lot of people haven't the same help I have.
It sucks, it really does, but plenty of famous and successful people have made it, look at Peter Cashmore, a scottish entrepreneur who grew up in the same area I did:
He struggled hugely with school, and didn't enjoy the system. He spent most of his school time absent, recovering from an appendectomy infection, but he also used this to avoid school, to some extent (don't quote me on that!). Despite being an outcast of the system, he went on to found Mashable, a Technocrati Top 10 Blog world wide, and has been given various accolades:
-Inc.'s "30 Under 30"
-Forbes' "Top 25 Web Celebs"
-The Huffington Post's "Top 10 Game Changers 2009"
-Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people (2012)
-INQ's Most influential Briton and Twitter user in 2009
He's also estimated to be worth as much as $95 million USD!

He didn't like the system, and although he didn't fit, he certainly manage to survive. In fact, he thrived.
Don't give up hope. The world is bigger than it seems right now.

[Unlucky]

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[Jaffe]

I'm similar.
For the last couple years I've been the kind of person to get a project and be like "Eh, I'll do it when I get home." then "Eh, I'll do it before bed." then "In the morning." then "During class." Then I keep pushing this off in that never ending cycle as things pile up and then nothing gets done.


I used to be just like that. But I no longer procrastinate. Now, I just understand right from the start that it isn't ever going to get done, so I just trash it, and then I don't have to waste all that energy on the procrastination phase.